Phyllis Bottome
Phyllis Bottome
Phyllis Forbes Denniswas a British novelist and short story writer who wrote under her birth name, Phyllis Bottome...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth31 May 1884
alter difficulty meeting ways
There are two ways of meeting difficulties: You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.
running long way
it is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way.
world way rich
If money had been the way to save the world, Christ himself would have been rich.
way facts
We cannot alter facts, but we can alter our ways of looking at them.
adversity two way
There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
except final taken
There is nothing final about a mistake, except its being taken as final
dangerous practice
It is very a dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice
heart dry pool
Love comes into your being like a tidal wave ... sometimes it withdraws like a wave, till there isn't such a thing as a pool left, and every bit of your heart is as dry as seaweed beyond the wave's reach.
talking two making-love
The two best subjects for conversation are talking shop and making love.
time littles ends
Time indeed has very little to do with living except at its beginning or near its end.
children prayer hate
Curses are children of hate; they belong to the wrong family! Prayers are better than curses!
curse swearing ifs
Some of us cling to our curses if we haven't anything better to cling to!
unfortunate-things rewards appetite
the unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites.
pain long silence
if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.